Four rounds into the Berkeley International (December 14-23), GMs Zviad Izoria, Giorgi
Kacheishvili and FM Daniel Rensch lead with 3/4. You can watch the games live on the Internet Chess Club at 5 PM EST (Finger EastBay08) until the final, tenth round on December 23. There have been a number of hard-fought and interesting games, including the following two sacrificial gems by tournament organizer IM David Pruess over GM Jesse Kraai and FM Dale Haessel of Canada. Pruess is tied for 4th-8th; Scroll down for complete standings. Clearly all the extra
duties that come with organizing an event including cleaning toilets
(CLO spared you the photos) is not impacting Pruess's form so far.